Quotes by Peter Yarrow

Peter Yarrow

* We have come this far always believing that justice would somehow prevail. This is the burden, this is the promise, and THIS is why we will not fail.

Believe

Failure

Justice

A flip-flopper is an intelligent person who changes position when the circumstance changes.

Circumstances

Flip

Intelligent

I can’t help but react to the painful realities of the two-tiered society we live in, where the signs of poverty and inequity are everywhere. Almost twenty five percent of our children live at or below the poverty line. We expect the no-option life cycle of the poor to be interrupted by the weak social safety net and then wonder why building more jails doesn’t solve the problems.

Children

Reality

Two

Most of my work for the past 25 years has been devoted to organizing demonstrations, benefits and campaigns, many of which have had the effect of bringing a policy debate to public focus or moving a political agenda forward. It’s become a cliché to say ‘think globally and act locally,’ but it works.

Moving

Past

Thinking

People can overcome their differences, and when united, move toward a world of greater fairness and justice. As in folk music, each person has a unique role to play.

Moving

Play

Unique

People may say ‘What can I do? I’m only one person.’ But we’ve proven that when we come together demonstrate, and speak our piece, there is no way the power structure can avoid being attentive.

People

Pieces

Together

Such honesty comes with a price, but when you get past the hurt and shock of realizing that you’re faulted and frequently wrong, you also realize that you are really loved and respected for who you are, and you become a better person.

Honesty

Hurt

Past

Such times of crisis have inevitably brought ‘music of conscience’ to the fore and I expect we will be hearing more and more of it in the immediate future. When people feel empowered to come together and raise their voices, also will mean raising their voices in song as well.

Mean

Song

Voice

The ethic behind songs of conscience doesn’t change, even though the issues are altered from generation to generation.

Generations

Issues

Song

The songs we sing invite the participation of the listener, who is central to finding a way of creating the life of the song at that listening. It’s the difference between poetry and didactic writing. One tells you, ‘This is it,’ and the other says, ‘Let’s find this together.’

Differences

Song

Writing

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Believe

Children

Circumstances

Commitment

Community

Differences

Different

Dream

Failure

Flip

Generations

Hatred

Heart

Honesty

Hurt

Intelligent

Issues

Justice

Kind

Knowing

Leadership

Long

Mean

Moving

Names

Past

People

Pieces

Play

Reality

Rivers

Role Models

Safe

Sea

Shoes

Song

Spirit

Thinking

Together

Two

Unique

Violence

Voice

War

Woody

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Quotes by Peter Yarrow

Peter Yarrow

* We have come this far always believing that justice would somehow prevail. This is the burden, this is the promise, and THIS is why we will not fail.

A flip-flopper is an intelligent person who changes position when the circumstance changes.

People can overcome their differences, and when united, move toward a world of greater fairness and justice. As in folk music, each person has a unique role to play.

People may say ‘What can I do? I’m only one person.’ But we’ve proven that when we come together demonstrate, and speak our piece, there is no way the power structure can avoid being attentive.

Such honesty comes with a price, but when you get past the hurt and shock of realizing that you’re faulted and frequently wrong, you also realize that you are really loved and respected for who you are, and you become a better person.

Such times of crisis have inevitably brought ‘music of conscience’ to the fore and I expect we will be hearing more and more of it in the immediate future. When people feel empowered to come together and raise their voices, also will mean raising their voices in song as well.

The ethic behind songs of conscience doesn’t change, even though the issues are altered from generation to generation.

The songs we sing invite the participation of the listener, who is central to finding a way of creating the life of the song at that listening. It’s the difference between poetry and didactic writing. One tells you, ‘This is it,’ and the other says, ‘Let’s find this together.’

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